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1
Q

Measure of high and low

A

Pitch

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2
Q

Measure of loud and soft

A

Dynamic

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3
Q

How long the sound lasts

A

Duration

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4
Q

Quality of sound

A

Timbre

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5
Q

Music is written on a

A

Staff

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6
Q

____ must be present in order to tell where the notes are

A

Clef

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7
Q

Mezzo means medium

A

True

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8
Q

Piano means

A

Soft

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9
Q

Forte means

A

Loud

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10
Q

Decrescendo and diminuendo mean the same thing

A

True

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11
Q

Two clefs

A

Bass

Treble

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12
Q

Treble clef is identified by which letter

A

G

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13
Q

Bass clef is identified by which letter

A

F

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14
Q

Mr. Whitt plays what instrument

A

French horn

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15
Q

Name of the piece of wood that is placed on a woodwind instrument to cause it to vibrate

A

Reed

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16
Q

Only brass instrument that

Doesn’t have valves

A

Trombone

17
Q

Instruments are grouped according to how they

A

Vibrate

18
Q

Produce sound through air

A

Aerophones

19
Q

Solid instruments that produce sound by being struck, scraped, or shaken

A

Idiophones

20
Q

Produce sound by striking or rubbing

A skin or membrane

A

Membranophones

21
Q

Create sounds by striking, running, plucking a string

A

Chordophones

22
Q

Top number of a time signature

A

How many beats per measure

23
Q

Bottom number of a time signature

A

Which note gets the beat

24
Q

Three types of musical textures

A

Monophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic

25
Q

Highest male voice

A

Tenor

26
Q

Four main voice parts

A

Soprano
Tenor
Bass
Alto

27
Q

Musical texture that involves one musical line

A

Monophonic

28
Q

Musical texture that has a musical line with chordal accompaniment

A

Homophonic

29
Q

Musical texture that has many musical lines occurring at the same time

A

Polyphonic

30
Q

Lowest female voice part

A

Alto

31
Q

Largo

A

Very slow

32
Q

Adagio

A

Slow

33
Q

Andante

A

Walking tempo

34
Q

Moderato

A

Moderate

35
Q

Allegro

A

Fast

36
Q

Relationship of the instrument size to pitch

A

The bigger the instrument, the lower the pitch. The smaller the instrument, the higher the pitch

37
Q

Four elements of musical tone

A

Pitch
Duration
Dynamic
Timbre

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